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The AI-generated Garbage Apocalypse may be happening quicker than many expect. New research shows more than 50% of web content is already AI-generated. (www.vice.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You do not generate text when you translate it. The two words have different meanings.

[–] Baahb@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If you translate a sentence once using a computer, it's probably a translation. If you translate a translation, you are using a computer to regenerate computer generated content, even if it started with a human seed in the first translation. The two words only have different meanings in specific context. They CAN mean the same thing, but don't necessarily or even often.

In this case though, the article does suggest that AI is taking ai content and rewriting it, or translating from "English" to "English" a bunch of times. Which is both translation and generation.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

English to English would be rewording and would totally fall under AI generated garbage but the article doesn't seem to mention this. It's entirely about English to other language, mostly in Africa and the global south.

Although taking articles and translating them is using AI, I don't think that's what most people associate with "AI generated garbage" hence the click bait.

It's an interesting article, I just think the headline is misleading.